IoT Development Services

IoT Development Services – Build Scalable Connected Systems

Improve system performance with Toptal’s Internet of Things (IoT) Development Services. Our teams assess device ecosystem, implement secure IoT connectivity and data platforms, and deliver solutions that reduce downtime and enable real-time, data-driven decision-making.

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Clients Served

30,000+

Total Vetted Professionals

20,000+

Toptal Total Projects Delivered

85,000+

Years in Business

15+

TRUSTED BY LEADING BRANDS

Our Services

Toptal IoT Development Services

Reach your business goals with Toptal’s IoT Development Services. Our IoT experts help you design and build secure, scalable solutions that streamline operations, enable real-time insights, and power innovation across connected devices.

IoT Application Development

Build scalable web and mobile apps that connect devices and deliver seamless user experiences.

IoT Solution Consulting

Define IoT strategy, architecture, and implementation roadmaps aligned with your business objectives.

Device Connectivity and Integration

Integrate diverse devices and third-party systems to enable seamless data flow and coordinated IoT operations.

IoT Cloud Platform Development

Architect or scale IoT platforms using secure cloud infrastructure designed for complex device ecosystems.

Edge Computing Integration

Deploy edge computing solutions that process data locally, reducing latency across IoT systems.

IoT Dashboard Development

Deliver operational visibility with real-time dashboards that surface device status, alerts, and actionable insights.

Embedded Software Development

Engineer embedded software that powers real-time, secure, and efficient device operations.

Predictive Maintenance Systems

Enable predictive maintenance with IoT analytics that reduce downtime and extend asset lifespan.

Real-time Monitoring Systems

Continuously track devices, environments, and operational performance with scalable real-time monitoring systems.

Hardware Prototyping and Design

Prototype and validate connected hardware to accelerate development and bring devices to market faster.

Custom Firmware Development

Develop reliable firmware tailored to your hardware to optimize device performance and security.

IoT Security and Risk Assessment

Identify vulnerabilities and strengthen IoT security through device protection, encryption strategies, and threat monitoring.

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PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS

How We Deliver IoT Development Services

Our IoT development experts, with experience at leading companies, develop and deploy tailored solutions to meet your business needs and unique industry demands for sustainable results and long-term success.

Discover

A leader from our team works with you to understand your business challenges, pain points, and strategic goals to uncover new opportunities and identify the options to reach your objectives.

Define

Toptal leaders collaborate with your team to define your specific goals and service needs, evaluating multiple approaches and aligning requirements with your strategic objectives to define the best solution.

Develop

We will create your unique project timeline, process, and first drafts, whether it’s connecting smart factory devices for real-time monitoring or building custom dashboards for remote asset management.

Deploy

Toptal will get to work, tracking quality assurance, handling project management, and maintaining the delivery schedule.

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Robert Orshaw

CEO, Technology Services

As Toptal’s CEO of Technology Services, Robert leads strategy and operations across our technical services portfolio, spanning AI, automation, and operations. He previously served as Deloitte’s Managing Director & Chief Commercial Officer, transforming its Cloud Operate and Engineering business into a multibillion-dollar operation. He held senior roles at IBM, Velocity, co-founded Corio, and was CIO for two Fortune 100 manufacturers.As Toptal’s CEO of Technology Services, Robert leads strategy and operations across our technical services portfolio, spanning AI, automation, and operations. He previously served as Deloitte’s Managing Director & Chief Commercial Officer, transforming its Cloud Operate and Engineering business into a multibillion-dollar operation. He held senior roles at IBM, Velocity, co-founded Corio, and was CIO for two Fortune 100 manufacturers.

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CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS

How We Deliver IoT Development Services

Our IoT Development experts, with experience at leading companies, develop and deploy tailored solutions to meet your business needs and unique industry demands for sustainable results and long-term success.

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal
On-demand Talent and Teams

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal

Comprehensive project delivery, tailored to your specific requirements.

CEO, Technology Services

Delivery Manager

IoT Product Manager

IoT Software Developer

Embedded IoT Engineer

Product Designer

Cloud Architect

Technical Project Manager

Robert Orshaw

CEO, Technology Services

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Technology Experience

35+ Years

Rachael Karaffa

Delivery Manager

Rachael serves as a Delivery Manager at Toptal with a focus on leading diverse global teams in developing innovative solutions for our clients. She works across multiple disciplines, including technology, marketing, and management consulting. Rachael specializes in managing people and client relationships, process optimization, and driving teams toward optimal business outcomes.

Previously Managed Client

Experience

9+ Years

Chris Busch

Verified Expert in Product Management

28+ Years

of Experience

IoT Product Manager

Chris is a self-starting entrepreneur who transforms visions into compelling SaaS product strategies and delivers ROI. He's invented and led product, design, and CI/CD engineering up to 130 FTE for impactful products in real-time analytics, NLP, and IoT for consumer/enterprise markets as well as healthcare AI/ML. Chris's platforms generate $350 million in revenue, using emerging technologies at SAP and Cognizant. He is a two-time recipient of the "IoT Evolution Product of the Year" award.

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Bruno Bittencourt

Verified Expert in Engineering

14+ Years

of Experience

IoT Software Developer

Bruno is an accomplished professional with more than 14 years of experience in embedded software development. His expertise spans embedded systems, human-machine interfaces (HMIs), graphical user interfaces (GUIs), IoT connectivity, mobile app development and distribution, and user experience. He focuses on delivering strategically positioned innovations that translate into products aligned with customer expectations and market demands.

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Bhavesh Kakwani

Verified Expert in Engineering

9+ Years

of Experience

Embedded IoT Engineer

Bhavesh is an award-winning developer with a strong foundation in math and electronics. His professional experience includes end-to-end embedded software development and hardware design. His code runs on SpaceRyde's gondola and rocket, McMaster University's launched satellite, Quanta Vici's Bluetooth gloves, and Ecobee's IoT lightswitch. These projects are on embedded Linux and microcontrollers (both bare metal and RTOS) and are written in C, C++, and Python.

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Brian Pagán, EngD, MSc

Verified Expert in Design

22+ Years

of Experience

Product Designer

Brian is a US expatriate working as a human experience designer focused on healthcare, sustainability, fintech, and IoT. For 22+ years, Brian has been helping startups and businesses like Philips, ING, Land Life Company, and WaitWhat turn innovation strategies into award-winning products and services. His specialties include prototyping, behavioral design, and UX strategy. Brian has given talks and workshops in 12 countries. His first book, “The Creative Empathy Field Guide,” is available in e-book and paperback.

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Derrick Shields

Verified Expert in Engineering

18+ Years

of Experience

Cloud Architect

Derrick is a senior programmer with extensive experience in software architecture and development. He specializes in cloud architecture and designing and writing cloud-native and enterprise-grade software applications. He is proficient in over a dozen programming languages, including Java, Node.js, and C#, with extensive DevOps CI/CD and IT experience. As a Certified Scrum Master and Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect, Derrick contributes to all aspects of application design.

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Erita Skendaj

Verified Expert in Project Management

17+ Years

of Experience

Technical Project Manager

Erita is a certified project manager with more than 17 years of experience managing technical projects from initiation to deployment, following Agile or predictive approaches. She has expertise in software engineering and a strong interest in cloud, big data, and machine learning.

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On-demand Talent and Teams

20,000+ vetted professionals, ready to deploy individually or in teams.

IoT Software Developer

Digital Transformation Lead

Machine Learning Engineer

Product Designer

Cloud Architect

Software Engineer

Integration Developer

Software Engineer

API Product Manager

Verified Expert in Engineering

25+ Years

of Experience

IoT Software Developer

Robert is an entrepreneur, IT manager, and developer specializing in blockchain. He has spearheaded dozens of large-scale projects, teams of over 40, and a budget of $30 million to deliver nationwide systems. Blockchain inspired him and changed the way he looked at IT systems. Robert is known for his innovation and strong ability to take a project from idea to successful implementation. He enjoys creating IoT solutions on Raspberry Pi and Arduino as a hobby.

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Verified Expert in Project Management

34+ Years

of Experience

Digital Transformation Lead

Alan is an international insurance digital transformation strategist and implementer, currently based in the US. He has helped some of the world’s largest insurers figure out how to respond to new technologies and changing customer demands, to the benefit of both their customers and themselves. Alan has delivered in multiple roles as a program director, change director, program manager, project manager, and Scrum master.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

10+ Years

of Experience

Machine Learning Engineer

Nour is a skilled professional focused on artificial intelligence. He has three years of experience leading development teams and seven years of experience designing and developing machine learning models and computer vision algorithms. He has also focused on computer vision to help autonomous cars and drones in environment inception and decision-making steps. Nour has applied AI to military applications, surveillance systems, optical character recognition, drones, and self-driven cars.

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Verified Expert in Design

8+ Years

of Experience

Product Designer

Ning is a former startup founder and award-winning designer who brings a deep understanding of user needs to her role as a senior product designer. With a passion for solving complex problems and empowering users through thoughtful design, she has earned recognition for her creativity and problem-solving abilities, including prestigious awards from IxDA and Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas. Ning is an overachieving professional who can bring your design visions to life.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

22+ Years

of Experience

Cloud Architect

Kaustav is a hands-on, goal-oriented, versatile technology professional with more than two decades of experience, primarily in open-source digital technologies such as blockchain, IoT, microservices, cloud services, distributed architecture, R&D, design, and development. He has a proven track record of delivering consistent business results, and he loves to take on technical challenges, learn about new technology innovations, and deliver successful products worldwide.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

31+ Years

of Experience

Software Engineer

Anderson is a software engineer who’s strongly committed to delivering the best solution for the problem. In his more than 31 years in the IT industry, he’s worked on projects in custom web development, collaboration portals, e-learning platforms, enterprise resource planning, content management systems, project management tools, mobile apps, reporting, and business intelligence platforms up to Internet of Things projects. Anderson has an MBA in project management and holds a PMP and MCSD .NET certification.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

15+ Years

of Experience

Integration Developer

Bartłomiej is a DevOps engineer with more than 15 years in this field. His overall experience in IT spans more than 13 years and began with the role of Linux sysadmin for companies like IBM. His DevOps and IaC Terraform journey started with migration to AWS of the TomTom map-making application. He started using Kubernetes while working with IDEMIA and developed this skill with PMI and Vizlib. With the last-mentioned company, he also gained over a year of experience with GCP.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

11+ Years

of Experience

Software Engineer

Britney has extensive experience utilizing the AWS ecosystem of tools to build reliable, scalable, and expansive web services. She excels at turning ambiguous use cases into detailed technical requirements. Britney joined Toptal to work with companies that make data-driven decisions and value the delivery of functional, tested, and quality code over all else.

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Verified Expert in Product Management

17+ Years

of Experience

API Product Manager

David is a customer-focused, results-oriented professional with 17 years of experience delivering digital products and P&L accountability in financial services and telecom, meeting the needs of consumers, SMB business owners, and corporate accounts. He delivers results with strengths in enterprise tech, SaaS, UXD, API integration, AI decision engines, B2B partnerships, credit risk management, omnichannel marketing, and overall product management in either large enterprise projects or agile.

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UNRIVALED EXPERTISE

Our Talent Has Worked With Top Companies

Having previously worked with these leading global companies, our talent brings valuable insights and expertise to deliver world-class outcomes.

WHY ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE US

Toptal in Action

Discover the cutting-edge benefits our clients enjoy from the global Toptal network.

Toptal data visualization experts build state-of-the-art application for oil and gas leader.

Challenge: Precision Drilling wanted to develop cutting-edge data visualization software that could accelerate the analysis of drilling rig performance data and provide increased value to its customers.

Solution: Toptal assembled a team to help Precision Drilling realize its vision. This team developed Clarity, a state-of-the-art data visualization platform that delivers real-time insights.

Outcome: The platform serves as a central hub for real-time and historical rig fleet performance data, significantly boosting efficiency and enabling instant communication of results across the organization.

It wasn’t a customer-vendor relationship; it was more of an integrated relationship.

Shuja Goraya, CTO, Precision Drilling

Toptal Ranked #1 Most Reliable Professional Services Company in America

Newsweek and Statista’s rankings were based on an independent survey of more than 2,400 decision-makers at Fortune 500s.

IBM — Newsweek's Most Reliable Companies in America 2026 ranking. Toptal is ranked #11, the highest-ranked professional services firm.

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Methodology for the Rankings

How likely the respondent is to recommend the selected company to others.

Measures the convenience of interaction with the company and efficiency of processes.

Measures the company’s cost-effectiveness and quality relative to price.

Measures whether the company consistently meets or exceeds expectations in quality and timeliness of deliverables.

Measures the company’s ability to consistently fulfill commitments and maintain customer trust.

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OUR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Explore Insights From the IoT Development Field

Read the latest articles and resources to stay current on emerging trends in IoT software development, connected device integration, edge computing, and real-time data analytics.

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Lauren Song

Verified Expert in Design

11 Years of Experience

Lauren is a UX designer with over nine years of experience helping businesses build compelling products. In 2015, her team received an International Design Excellence Award for the Interactive Surgical Manager, a dashboard software system that helps hospitals manage surgical supplies. Lauren has also created interaction guidelines for Samsung Electronics and provides augmented reality solutions for an internationally renowned construction tech company.

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